Stability in Maternal Autonomy Support and Child Executive Functioning

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2610-2619

  Matte Gagné, Célia ^a   Bernier, Annie ^b   Lalonde, Gabrielle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child executive functioning; Early versus current; Maternal autonomy support; Parenting; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938975086     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-0063-9     Document Type: Article

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